The park provides the setting for José Luis Sampedro's novel El río que nos lleva (1961).

The park was also one of the filming locations of Game of Thrones (season 6).

[2][3][4] The park has been threatened by kaolinite mining, with the government finding it hard to regulate as it contributes to 13.5% of all the jobs in the area and because kaolinite is considered an important mineral in the national economy as it is a raw material in many industries.

Currently, two mines are operational in Poveda de la Sierra which affects an area of around 100 hectares.

Mining in the area began in the 1960s with an English multinational company called ECC being the sole miner for 20 years before they pulled out of the country.